Who should attend: Those who appear before, advise, or sit as a member of an administrative tribunal and/or those who appear as counsel in court in applications for judicial review and appeals from administrative tribunals

Learning level: Intermediate/Advanced

It can be difficult to stay on top of all the changes happening in administrative law. This annual conference is your efficient solution to learning about recent decisions, legislative updates, and current trends in this complex practice area.

Hear from a distinguished faculty of judges, academics, and leading lawyers who have researched, analyzed, and curated key developments over the past year to share with you. You will leave this conference up to date and equipped with new practice tips for your administrative law files.

This year, we are honoured to have The Honourable Madam Justice Suzanne Côté providing the opening address.

After taking this program, you will:

understand and be able to apply the latest court decisions and legislative updates to your practice

have up-to-date information on the standard of review

gain tips and practice advice on judicial reviews

Join us and review a year’s worth of administrative law developments in a day!

Save even more with your CPDone Pass. Registration includes an electronic copy of the reference materials.

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About the Course ChairsFrank Falzon, QC graduated from the University of Victoria Faculty of Law in 1986, where he received the Law Society Gold Medal. In 1987-88, he was appointed to serve as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada. He was called to the BC Bar in 1989, and commenced practice with the constitutional and administrative law section of the Ministry of Attorney General. Frank entered private practice in Victoria in November 1995, and since that time has acted as legal counsel to a number of statutory decision-makers and officers of the legislature. He has appeared as counsel before administrative tribunals and has appeared at all levels of court in Canada. He has served as a member of several administrative tribunals, has lectured in administrative law, has published several law review articles, is an editor and contributor to CLEBC’s British Columbia Administrative Law Practice Manual, and has conducted numerous administrative law training seminars for statutory decision-makers.

Elena Miller is senior in-house legal counsel for the BC Labour Relations Board and the BC Employment Standards Tribunal. She provides internal legal advice to Board and Tribunal staff and adjudicators, and has appeared as counsel for the Board and Tribunal in all levels of court on judicial reviews, appeals, and related matters. She has been seconded to six-month appointments as a Vice-Chair of the Board and a Member of the Tribunal.

Elena has presented papers at administrative and labour law conferences, and authored and updated two chapters of CLEBC's British Columbia Administrative Law Practice Manual. This is her fifth year as co-chair of the CLEBC Administrative Law Conference.

Before her appointment to the SCC, Justice Côté was a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, where she was head of the Montréal office's litigation group. Before joining Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Justice Côté had practised for 23 years at Stikeman Elliott, where she was also head of the Montréal office's litigation group. She specialized in complex civil and commercial litigation, including cases involving manufacturer's liability, class actions, shareholder disputes, and public law.

Before she started working for major law firms, Justice Côté practised for approximately eight years in the Gaspé Peninsula, where she was born.

Justice Côté received the Advocatus Emeritus distinction from the Barreau du Québec in 2011. In addition, she has been a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 2005.

Justice Côté argued cases in various trial courts, as well as in the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Federal Courts, and the SCC. She had received an LLB from Université Laval before being called to the Quebec Bar in 1981.

Justice Côté has taught evidence and litigation at the École du Barreau du Québec and has also lectured at the Université du Québec à Rimouski and at the Université de Montréal. She has also contributed for many years to the organization of the annual Coupe Guy-Guérin trial advocacy competition, a provincial competition that leads to participation in the Sopinka Cup. Finally, she has given many lectures relating to various areas of the law.

Justice Côté has been a member of the board of directors of the Fondation Jean Duceppe and has also worked for years with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

Originally from the Gaspésie, Justice Côté was a member of the board of directors of the Société d’histoire de la Gaspésie and president of both the Gaspé Chamber of Commerce and the Chambre de Commerce de la Gaspésie.

The Honourable Justice David W. StratasLLB (Queen's University, 1984); B.C.L. (Oxford University, 1986); LL.D. (Queen's University, 2012, honoris causa). Born in Toronto, Ontario. Law clerk to Justice Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada (1986-87). Called to the Ontario Bar (1988). Litigation partner in major firms in Toronto. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (2008). Appointed Special Advocate by the Minister of Justice (2008). Adjunct member, Faculty of Law, Queen's University (1994 to the present), winning 10 faculty teaching awards. Recipient, Medal of the Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (2011). One of the 25 most influential players in Canadian law (Canadian Lawyer, 2015). Author of over 200 articles or conference papers on various legal topics, particularly in the areas of administrative law, constitutional law, and legal writing.

Appointed Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and a member ex officio of the Federal Court on December 11, 2009. Appointed Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, May 3, 2012. Chair of the Global Review Subcommittee that conducted a once-a-decade review of the Federal Courts' practices and procedures and recommended reforms.